5 Non-Pork Dim Sum Dishes

One of our favourite things to go out for is dim sum. We just can’t get enough! Whether it be for breakfast or lunch, there’s lots to love about it. Like the small plates that make it easy to share. The affordability so you can try many dishes. And let’s not forget the most important – the tasty food.

If you can eat all the things, and you want to know where to start, check out this great post on Merry About Town. For a non-pork eater, it can be tricky to decide what to eat since most dishes do contain pork. If you are limited like me, check out the five favourite things we like to enjoy at dim sum.

Steamed Shrimp Dumplings

These dumplings are always a fave! Shrimp wrapped in a dumpling and steamed until ready. Simple and delicious.

Dim Sum - Steamed Shrimp Dumplings

Deep Fried Shrimp Dumplings

If you love things fried, this one is a good one to try. Light and crispy and filled with shrimp, they are usually served with a mayo dipping sauce.

Dim Sum - Fried Shrimp Dumplings

Rice Crepe with Beef and Spinach

This is basically a long rice noodle that holds the beef and spinach filling. It is served with soy sauce.

Dim Sum - Beef and Spinach Crepe

Rice Crepe with Shrimp

Another delicious shrimp dish, with the shrimp enveloped in a long rice noodle. So good.

Dim Sum - Shrimp Crepe

Chinese Donut Wrapped with Rice Crepe

This is the perfect dessert. It’s like a fried cruller wrapped in a rice noodle sheet. It is usually served with a peanut sauce, hoisin sauce and sometimes soy sauce and topped with green onions and sesame seeds.

Dim Sum - Donut Crepe

Comments

JustN says

February 13, 2022 at 3:59 pm

Many restaurants use lard and pork to hold the shrimp stuffing in the shrimp dumplings, both steamed and fried. In fact, almost all or them do. Therefore, I would be careful from these items if I went to avoid pork. Assumin shrimp crepe rolls, I know they do not.